Aurora
A U R O R A
I sneak into her room and look under the bed. Nothing there. On the bureau? Nope. In the pillow? Nada. One last place? Yes! Classic mom. Hidden in her clothes. Oh, I should get going, she’ll want to leave soon so we’re not late. We’ll probably be 30 minutes to an hour early.
“RORY! HURRY UP! WE’LL BE LATE!” Ugh! Can she calm down at all? I’m still packing! Mom came up the stairs to check on me. “Five more minutes. That’s it,” She went back downstairs. I put on my headphones and started listening to a song called Savior by Beowulf and finished packing.
Once I was done packing, I walked to the car and hopped in. I immediately regretted it. My little brother is screaming and crying because he doesn’t have his shoes off yet. He just got in and buckled about 10 seconds ago!
I can’t wait until we’re on the plane where he has to keep his shoes on. Oh right! My rich aunt is paying for all the trip expenses including whatever we buy there meaning first class! He can take off his shoes! She’s pretty much just handing each of us a credit card the entire time we’re there. That’s probably a bad idea since they have the best phones and stuff.
Maybe I can buy a new MacBook! Mom doesn’t let us spend more than one thousand dollars per day. We will be visiting for a week, so no more than seven thousand dollars. Auntie will buy us whatever else we want, so her limits don’t actually limit us at all, but she doesn’t know. We aren’t going to tell her, so no one will. That means we can buy whatever we want.
Once we arrive at the airport, I look at their selection of Pocky. Ok, scratch that, they don’t have Pocky. Maybe I can have some tiramisu once we arrive. For now, I’ll have some rice cakes, I guess. Yum! I wish I actually had friends I could miss. “FLIGHT 207 IS BOARDING” That’s our flight! Off I go.
There’s a creep in the seat behind us!
This flight is boring. I’ll go see if they have nice bathrooms. It won’t matter after my brother uses them. He just finished potty training last month. Oh wow! I never thought I’d say this but this bathroom is cleaner than my room! It’s big, too. I could throw a party in here and if there wasn’t a toilet and sink in here then no one would know it was a bathroom. Well, it technically wouldn’t be a bathroom then. Enough potty talk.
How’s the bar here? It doesn’t matter because I’m too young to drink. Maybe next year. I’m hungry. Maybe first class has pocky! I’ll wait until they ask about food. In the meantime, I’ll see if mom needs help with Lucas. Oh, they’re sleeping. I feel like I’m being watched. There’s Pocky… Must eat… There’s a note on it.
Your aunt wanted to make sure you had Pocky so she told the staff to deliver some to our seats. Be sure to thank her!
“YESS! POCKY!” I quietly exclaimed. I look over to see the creepy guy from before staring intently at me and as soon as I notice he looks away. Weird. Well, I’ll tell mom once she wakes up. Until then, I’ll finish my pocky and nap as well, she has the right idea.
I wake up to see Lucas sitting on my lap, smiling. “Mom, what did he do? Why is he smiling like that?” I said teasingly. “For once he did absolutely nothing at all, right little guy? Who’s my little angel?” she replied to me and my brother’s cute behavior.
I have to pee! “I’ll be back in a bit. I have some business to take care of,” I said playfully. As I walked to the bathroom I noticed the man watching them creepily. He, once again, noticed me and instantly sat down. Maybe he just admires our family? I won’t let him do anything to them no matter if it costs me my life.
“I’m back from the loo,” I said with an English accent. The man is already back to staring. I take a selfie with the creep in it so I have evidence for just in case.
Maybe he’s just poor. Yeah no, this is first class. He’s not poor, he’s just creepy. He probably thinks I’m young given my small frame and short temper.
